building contained eight apartments and was approximately 8,000 square feet in the rear of the complex. The structure was TypeV , wood-frame platform construction. The building had access for apparatus on the Alpha side of the incident. An attached exposure, on the

may even dictate strategy and tactics. Of the 36 incidents studied, 18 of the structures involved TypeV , or wood-frame, construction. TypeV is used in most modern homes. It is also the most dangerous type of building in which a firefighter

equipment. (4) If there is a fire in any of these buildings under construction, and especially if the construction is code TypeV (wood frame), expect a fire that expands rapidly, and extends quickly between floors and other areas of the building

environment with new and available technologies. (1) This 2Â½-story building appears from the exterior to be a TypeV wood frame/platform structure. (Photos by author.) (2) Peel away the outside shell, however, and it reveals a

officials as the type which uses the most combustible elements. The most common hybrid is the lightweight wood frame ( TypeV ) supported by structural steel (photo 1). This type of hybrid can be a single story or multiple stories. Traditional

other floors may be built as Type III (ordinary) or TypeV (wood-frame) construction. On the ticking incident ..... whereas the third through sixth floors feature wood-frame TypeV construction. During a fire, each construction classification